2006-07-23 09:14:30 · 13 answers · asked by simon baby 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
My Aunt fell off a bar stool and broke her leg, she's always doing that.
Hope this helps??
2006-07-27 05:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by budding author 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The laws of physics say that Force = Mass x Acceleration.
An ant's mass is on the scale of milligrams(mg)... lets say about 5mg's. The acceleration in this case is the acceleration due to gravity which = about 9.8 m/s^2. So if you calculate the force of the ant hitting the ground (using Kg for mass), you get something to the effect of 4.9x10^-5 Newtons of force...
This is reletively nothing. And this is in an ideal situation, you also have to take into account that there is less acceleration because the ant experiences air resistance.
So that is why ants (and about all other insects of small sizes) can fall from reletively high places and not get hurt.
2006-07-23 09:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by musikproz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ant's are very light, and protected by an exo-skeleton. Wind resistence helps them break the fall. As the have no large internal organs, these don't get damaged by the fall either.
Though i'm sure he's pretty annoyed now, and he's gettng a small army together to go pee in your sugar bowl.
2006-07-23 09:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by TK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ant body
Small but strong
Ants of most species include workers, males and females. Workers are small, but strong. Workers of the Formica japonica ant weighing 0.004 g can walk while holding an object weighing 5 times the body weight in the mouth and can even drag a 25-times heavier object.
2006-07-23 09:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by maidenrocks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't you see the little ant parachute come out? It's a well-known fact that along with being picnic thieves, they manufacture parachutes to be used in extreme emergencies like getting pushed off of a table.
2006-07-23 09:21:06 · answer #5 · answered by Pappa Poopy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um i don't no mayb caz they jus so small an have somethin 2 protect them it's like wen u squeeze an ant u fell some hard an u crush it it's like a beetle
2006-07-23 09:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by Restricted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have bones to break. The ant's skeleton is the hard outside of it's body.
2006-07-23 09:18:11 · answer #7 · answered by brand_new_monkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have little mass, so the resistance of the air slows them down enough to prevent damage.
On the other hand, an elephant can die of internal injuries from tripping.
2006-07-23 09:18:30 · answer #8 · answered by P. M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wind is south west at 10 miles an hour
2006-07-23 09:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can fall from the empire state bldg and run away. thats just ants.
2006-07-23 09:19:28 · answer #10 · answered by sillygoose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋